Join Gary Long as he explores the distinctive mark-making of Austrian artist Egon Schiele. Recorded from our studio in St Ives with a model, you are invited to join in at home with guided exercises. 

Working with a model, Gary will demonstrate how he approaches the figure, inspired by Schiele’s expressive drawing and painting technique. Gary will guide you through a series of exercises around mark-making and composition. By watching Gary at work, learn how he positions the figure on the paper, how to use simple, bold outlines, and when to add colour for dramatic effect. 

Starting with 5 and 10 minute poses, these will be followed by longer poses to develop your drawings. You will have the option to introduce colour using gouache, watercolour or pastel. 

Recorded in our studio overlooking Porthmeor Beach, you will draw alongside Gary, from the model. You will get a unique insight into how to produce loose, fluid, figurative sketches inspired by Schiele’s expressionistic style.

The screen will be split between the model and Gary’s canvas throughout the session so you can draw and paint along with Gary. Your view will be different due to how we position the cameras.

What to Bring

Please equip yourself with your favoured drawing materials eg charcoal, pencils, pastels and either your sketchbook or some large sheets of paper resting on a board.

Fixer spay or hairspray will be needed to fix the charcoal before we move on to using colour. The following colours would be useful either in gouache or watercolour. Acrylic could also be used thinned out. Some water and a couple of brushes in different sizes.

White, burnt sienna, red, blue, black, yellow ochre.

You may also wish to have brown packing paper and/or pastel paper in earth-coloured shades to mimic Schiele’s drawings.

How Does an online session work?

Once you have booked you will be able to watch on demand immediately. 

You can pause, rewind and watch again as often as you like until the session expires 60 days after purchase

You will also be invited to join our Facebook Alumni group so you can share your discoveries with our community of fellow students from around the world.

You will need access to the internet and ideally a PC, laptop or a tablet with audio. Phones are not suitable but can be cast to a Smart TV.